MAGE ON A CREE

Round for eight; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650). Numbering clockwise.

MUSICMOVEMENTS



First Part.
A11–4All take hands, move forward a double, and fall back a double to places (r.s.).
5–8Partners set and turn single.
A21–8All that again.
A31–4Men hands-four once round to places, facing outward (sl.s.).
5–8Each man turns the woman on his left, i.e., first man turns second woman, second man turns third woman, etc. (sk.s.).
A41–4Women meet and hands-four once round to places, facing outward (sl.s.).
5–8Men turn their partners (sk.s.).



Second Part.
A11–4Partners side (r.s.).
5–8Partners set and turn single.
A21–8All that again.
A31–4Men skip half-way round, clockwise, and fall into opposite places, each passing before the first woman on his left, and behind the second.
5–8Women move forward a double, and fall back a double to places, turning single as they do so (r.s.).
A41–4Men skip half-way round, clockwise, to places places, passing before the woman on his left, and behind their partners.
5–8Same as in A3.



Third Part.
A11–4Partners arm with the right.
5–8Partners set and turn single.
A21–8Partners arm with the left, set and turn single.
A31–4Each man turns the woman on his left once round, and moves round one place clockwise (sk.s.).
5–8Each man turns the next woman once round, and moves round another place clockwise (sk.s.).
A41–8Movement continued, as in A3, to places.

In the 17th edition the title is “Madge on a Tree or Margery Cree”.

Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart